On Unix, C extensions are no longer linked to libpython.
It is now possible to load a C extension built using a shared library
Python with a statically linked Python.
When Python is embedded, libpython must not be loaded with
RTLD_LOCAL, but RTLD_GLOBAL instead. Previously, using RTLD_LOCAL, it
was already not possible to load C extensions which were not linked
to libpython, like C extensions of the standard library built by the
"*shared*" section of Modules/Setup.
distutils, python-config and python-config.py have been modified.
Document that subprocess.Popen no longer raise an exception on error
like missing program on very specific platforms when using
os.posix_spawn() is used.
bpo-28552, bpo-7774: Fix distutils.sysconfig if sys.executable is
None or an empty string: use os.getcwd() to initialize project_base.
Fix also the distutils build command: don't use sys.executable if
it's evaluated as false (None or empty string).
Release build and debug build are now ABI compatible: the Py_DEBUG
define no longer implies Py_TRACE_REFS define which introduces the
only ABI incompatibility.
A new "./configure --with-trace-refs" build option is now required to
get Py_TRACE_REFS define which adds sys.getobjects() function and
PYTHONDUMPREFS environment variable.
Changes:
* Add ./configure --with-trace-refs
* Py_DEBUG no longer implies Py_TRACE_REFS
Py_InitializeEx() now uses a runtime variable passed to subfunctions,
rather than working directly on the global variable _PyRuntime.
Add 'runtime' parameter to _PyCoreConfig_Write(), _PySys_Create(),
_PySys_InitMain(), _PyGILState_Init(),
emit_stderr_warning_for_legacy_locale() and other subfunctions.
* Add a 'runtime' variable to Py_FinalizeEx() rather than working
directly on the global variable _PyRuntime
* Add a 'runtime' parameter to _PyGC_Fini(), _PyGILState_Fini()
and call_ll_exitfuncs()
The PyOS_AfterFork_Child() function now pass a 'runtime' parameter to
subfunctions.
* Fix _PyRuntimeState_ReInitThreads(): use the correct memory allocator
* Add runtime parameter to _PyRuntimeState_ReInitThreads(),
_PyGILState_Reinit() and _PyInterpreterState_DeleteExceptMain()
* Move _PyGILState_Reinit() to the internal C API.
* Add 'runtime' parameter to _PyThreadState_Init()
* Add 'gilstate' parameter to _PyGILState_NoteThreadState()
* Move _PyThreadState_Init() and _PyThreadState_DeleteExcept()
to the internal C API.
"./configure --with-pymalloc" no longer adds the "m" flag to SOABI
(sys.implementation.cache_tag).
Enabling or disabling pymalloc has no impact on the ABI.
Change test_time.test_monotonic() to test only the lower bound of elapsed time
after a sleep command rather than the upper bound. This prevents unnecessary
test failures on slow buildbots. Patch by Victor Stinner.
# [bpo-36651](https://bugs.python.org/issue36651): Fixed Asyncio Event Loop documentation inconsistency
In the documentation for the call_later and the call_at methods there is a note which says that the delay cannot be longer than a day, but both methods have a note saying that this limitation was removed in Python 3.8
Here I fixed this issue by removing the pre-exising note and added a versionchanged.
To test my changes I have rebuilt the documentation with ```make html```. I did not have any errors and the effected page displayed correctly on a browser.
https://bugs.python.org/issue36651
Add a new _testinternalcapi module to test the internal C API.
Move _Py_GetConfigsAsDict() function to the internal C API:
_testembed now uses _testinternalcapi to access the function.
Victor Stinner
Pablo Galindo
Thomas Moreau
Guido van Rossum
Joannah Nanjekye
Maximilian Nöthe
Mathieu Dupuy
Zackery Spytz
Inada Naoki
tyomitch
Raymond Hettinger
jkleint
Jakub Molinski
Windson yang
Steve Dower
Berker Peksag
周家未
Marcin Niemira
Wu Wei
Xtreak
mollison
Fredrik Averpil
Stefan Behnel
Enrico Alarico Carbognani
Paul Monson